On the day of the Twins home opener, my final package from spring training showed up! Matt H (mattyice on SCN) spent spring training getting autographs for my Twins collection. Matt has helped me in previous years and is one of the good guys. Today’s package included:
Kyle Farmer 2023 Topps #US57
Max Kepler 2019 Topps #438
Jose Miranda 2023 Topps #505
Jose Miranda 2023 Topps #US305
Bailey Ober 2023 Topps #US301
Caleb Thielbar 2023 Topps #US258
Kyle Farmer 2023 Topps Heritage #442
Ryan Jeffers 2023 Topps Heritage #659
Edouard Julien 2023 Topps Heritage #589
Ryan Jeffers 2022 Gypsy Queen #265
These are all great cards and it is so fun to mark them off my need list! I cannot wait for next spring training!
Category: Topps Twins Project
Spring Has Sprung!
I love this time of year. The snow is (usually) gone, spring training is over and the regular season about to begin and I start receiving the signed items from spring training!
Today I received two of the three packages of autographed cards I am expecting. It was so fun to mark these cards off my need list!
The first package came from Brian P (ka0grp on SCN). Those signed items included:
Carlos Correa- 2023 Allen & Ginter #47
Kyle Gibson- 2019 Topps #597
Griffen Jax- 2023 Topps #595
Joey Gallo- 2023 Topps #604
Max Kepler- 2023 Topps Heritage #217
Max Kepler- 2020 Allen & Ginter #243
The other package came from Robbie L (robbielee on SCN). Those signed items included:
Byron Buxton- 2022 Topps #576
Max Kepler- 2022 Topps #221
Max Kepler- 2020 Topps Heritage #479
Max Kepler- 2021 Topps Heritage In Action #120
Alex Kiriloff- 2022 Topps Heritage #151
Jose Miranda- 2023 Topps Heritage #548
Alex Kirilloff- 2021 Allen & Ginter #116
I also bought some cards that Robbie pulled from packs and got signed. Those are:
Ronny Henriquez- 2023 Topps #372
Royce Lewis- 2024 Topps #208
Bailey Ober- 2024 Topps #121
Jordan Balazovic- 2024 Topps #263
Jhoan Duran- 2024 Topps #227
Matt Wallner- 2024 Topps #91
Willi Castro- 2024 Topps #285
I could not be more happier with how these turned out and how excited I am to mark them off my need list!
Buck’in It
I reached out to Mark Cooper via SCN (psugator1 on SCN) when he posted he had some success at Twins spring training getting a couple autographs. I asked which he got and it turned out that he got a Byron Buxton card signed that I need. I bought it and it showed up today. I added the 2019 Allen & Ginter #263 to my collection!
A Triple Play
When I saw a Facebook post by John Wilkey showing a bunch of Twins cards, I was skeptical because in just about every post like this I have every Twins card listed. This time I was excited to find the following:
2020 Topps Heritage #74 Lewis Thorpe
2020 Topps #US-180 Ben Rortvedt
2019 Bowman Paper Matt Wallner #BD6
I did not need the Wallner for my set but since it was a nicely signed 1st Bowman card, I picked it up too.
What is cool about the other two is that they are the last two I needed for each of the two players!